COMBAT SWIMMER OPERATIONS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN A NEAR-PEER CONFLICT
The U.S. military has shifted its focus from counterterrorism operations to near-peer conflict against adversaries such as Russia and China. A logical consequence of this […]
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INTO THE DARK: REFLECTIONS OF A COMBAT SWIMMER
There is a particular degree of indescribable darkness one encounters when submerged underwater, at night, on a combat swimmer dive. It is like being suspended […]
Why do officers have a higher success rate than enlisted men at becoming Navy SEALs?
As one of the few training programs in the U.S. military in which enlisted personnel and officers go through the same selection and training program […]
The Phone Call Home: A Grenada Legend
Naval History Magazine Even today, four decades after Operation Urgent Fury, the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada, it has lingered as one of the enduring legends […]
How a Native Alaskan became a legendary Navy SEAL
Solomon Atkinson grew up in an Alaskan fishing village before becoming an original Navy SEAL, earning a Purple Heart and training astronauts. Solomon Atkinson was […]
THE NAVY SEALS’ TWO ORIGINAL AND LITTLE-KNOWN MISSIONS
For Navy SEAL trainees, one of the least favorite parts of BUD/S training is hydrographic reconnaissance. Given the hours spent shivering in the cold Pacific […]
Frogmen Were the First on Iwo Jima
In response to the “unacceptable” numbers of Marines killed in November 1943’s Battle of Tarawa, Navy leaders ordered the creation of nine underwater demolition teams […]
UDT Comes of Age
A significant naval policy change occurred in January 1962 when the Navy recommissioned Underwater Demolition Team 22 and commissioned SEAL (SEaAirLand) Teams ONE and TWO. […]
A Real Act of Valor: Navy SEALs honor a fallen hero
Stennis Space Center, Miss. Navy SEALs from the Special Operations Tactical Medic (SOT-M) course dedicated their quarterdeck to the memory of Special Warfare Operator First […]
Navy SEALs describe how boarding a ship is a team’s ‘sketchiest’ mission
A Navy SEAL climbs a caving ladder during visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Photograph by Mass […]